Prescription Drug Abuse PSA


 

Prescription Drug Abuse PSA – A community outreach project to help raise awareness about prescription drug abuse.

 

Report: More women overdosing on painkillers

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

The number of women overdosing on prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin has increased by more than 400 percent in the past decade, a new national survey on drug use and health from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has …
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Study: Huge growth in prescription drug abuse deaths in women

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

Overdose deaths of women from narcotic painkillers rose by more than 400 percent within a decade, outstripping the upswing in prescription drug-abuse deaths in men, according to a new government study released Tuesday. Prescription painkillers, such as …
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